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From: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil (Leslie D. Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How do you rm a strange file?
Date: 22 Nov 1993 13:32:57 GMT
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References: <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> <2cmstq$78e@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au>
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In article <2cmstq$78e@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au>, tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer 619 491 5161) writes:
|> Terry Dwyer 619 491 5161 (tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au) wrote:
|> : seem to have created a file that I can't delete in the middle of
|> : a large directory structure:
|>
|> : -rw-r--r-- 1 tdwyer 58 Nov 19 08:54 -lg | less
|>
|> : Any clues how to rm it?
|>
|> (Following up to my own article - sorry)
|>
|> Thanks to all the people who replied to my message, so far about 11 and 2
|> postings. Because there seem to be so many different ways you can do this,
|> a short summary:
|>
|> (1) rm - "-lg | less" pass
|> (2) rm ?lg???less fail
|> (3) rm -- "-lg | less" Better than (1)
|> (4) rm this_sucks "-lg | less" pass
|> (5) Get a tcsh or bash, then type: rm -<TAB> fail
|> (5) mkdir tmp; mv [~-]* tmp/; rm *; mv tmp/* .; rmdir tmp ????
|> (6) rm -i * fail
|>
|> --
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|> v Perth WA ( I do not speak for Telstra or Telecom )
Here's another for your list, fron the annuls of "UNIX Power Tools":
ls -i; find . -inum <###> -exec rm {} \;
Works like a champ
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| Les Peters (lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil) Proud to run NetBSD 0.9! |